An abelisaurid humerus from the Upper Cretaceous of India |
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Authors: | Ariel H Méndez Fernando E Novas Sankar Chatterjee |
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Institution: | 1.Conicet, Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados,Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”,Buenos Aires,Argentina;2.Department of Geosciences,Museum of Texas Tech University,Lubbock,USA |
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Abstract: | The Lameta Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India has yielded abundant fossils of abelisaurid theropods, including
bones from the cranium, vertebral column, pectoral and pelvic girdles, and hindlimb. However, the forelimbs of Indian abelisaurids
remain unknown. Here we describe an abelisaurid humerus from exposure of the Lameta Formation near the village of Rahioli
in northwestern India. This new material exhibits derived traits that are distinctive of Abelisauridae, for example an articular
head that is hemispherical in proximal view, thus establishing the specimen as the first abelisaurid humerus from India. |
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